Neorapana

Neorapana
Neorapana tuberculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Neorapana
A. H. Cooke, 1918[1]
Synonyms
  • Acanthina (Neorapana) A. H. Cooke, 1918 (original rank)
  • Thais (Neorapana) A. H. Cooke, 1918

Neorapana is a genus of large predatory tropical sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the rock snails.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Neorapana include:

References

  1. ^ Cooke A. H. (1918). "On the radula of the genus Acanthina, G. Fischer". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 13: 6-11. page 7 and page 11.
  2. ^ WoRMS (2010). Neorapana Cooke, 1918. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=405033 on 2012-06-11
  • Claremont, M., Vermeij, G. J., Williams, S. T. & Reid, D. G (2013). "Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 66: 91–102.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). "Moluscos del Perú". Revista de Biologia Tropical. 51 (supplement 3): 225–284.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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